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Re: Last Ditch Effort
by Randy 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

How do I configure this in MIXW2? Don't see "via" in there? Randy - N2CUA >Hello all, >The ISS is being overtaken by Castor. October 13 at 06:30 UTC, both will be about 19km from each other. I did a little experiment >a week ago and found that sending commands through the ISS is possible. >Then TNC should be configured as follows: >unproto KD4HBO-1 via RS0ISS-3 >Then send the command >BE40R

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Not everyone is working on ARISSat-1
by Alex, N3SQ 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

There are some of us out here who are trying to bring a little order to the chaos and help AMSAT, but we are all not working on ARISSat-1. Our effort lies in the following vectors and scalars: - Change needs to be EVOLUTIONARY not REVOLUTIONARY. - Chaos can be harnessed with the correct application of traceability. - The future leads through the correct application of effort There are clouds of dust on the horizon . . . . . with the sound of many hoof-beats in the distance . . . . . is that a bugle call-to-arms I hear on the wind? Those who know, understand. Those who need to know will find out soon enough. I will leave you with these two thoughts until next time . . . * Look to the Empire State near the Harvest Moon. * A gift may arrive near the ides of May. *Dobranocz*

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thanks
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

A big thanks to Frank and his team for a fantastic conference Nick k5qxj

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Hello from Symposium
by Hammond, Mark 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Hi all, Hello from BWI. First day of talks was great! We enjoyed a nice AMSAT birthday cake, too :) Looks like the talks are being recorded. 73 for now. Mark N8MH Mark L. Hammond

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Road Trip finally comes to an end
by w6zkh＠comcast.net 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Have arrived at home base now, so can get back to somewhat normal operations. I would like to thank all the ops who I worked while on this 16 day cross country adventure while operating in the following grids: DM26, DM65, EM25, EM45, EM63, EM73, EM70, EL79, EM40, EM00 and last but not least DM91. I have a stack of envelopes on my desk now to answer with return cards for your efforts, and also I think I have the ones that came via eQSL.cc all confirmed as of yesterday. I think the 2 prized Grids were EL79 and EM00. So, please bear with me and I will get the cards out ASAP. Again, thanks to all for giving me some challenges using the Yaesu FT60 HT and the ELK L.P. yagi, handheld. Funny though.... in all the RV parks I was in and operating, not one person came up to me and asked me what I was doing !! They all looked at me funny though. Oh, acouple of highlights of the trip was first the visual observation of the ISS on a pass over the Mississippi River which was something, as alot of the RV'ers were wondering what we were looking at, until I explained it, and then they all got a gander of it. Secondly, was finally meeing Glenn AA5PK eyeball to eyeball. Thanks for being a host and for letting me give a demo at the San Angelo Radio Club meeting of satellite ops. Was nice of AO-51 to be overhead at that time. See everyone back on normal shift now at home.. 73 de John W6ZKH DM06

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AO-51: Current schedule extended
by Mark L. Hammond 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Hi All, Due to the AMSAT Symposium, the current "normal" AO-51 configuration is being extended a few more days. We'll post and implement the schedule for the rest of the month "real soon now." Thanks for your patience--everybody was at the Symposium :) October 5 - October 12 AMSAT Symposium week--EXTENDED FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 BBS, L/U Uplink: 1268.700 MHz 9k6 FM Downlink: 435.150 MHz 9k6 FM On behalf of the command team, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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SATPC32 config files
by Tim Goodrich 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

I hadn't used SATPC32 in a while, opting for HRD instead, but HRD is awfully flakey at connecting to my 817 sometimes and also inexplicably reverses the downlink and uplink frequencies for no reason sometimes. So, I decided to give SATPC32 a try again, but I found that when I load it, it essentially hangs my computer by taking up 99% of the resources. I want to reinstall it, but don't want to lose the settings that I manually configured. Can anyone tell me which files I should save before deleting the old directory and then put into the new installation? Thanks, Tim KI6VBY

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WD9EWK in Delaware @ 2215 & 2356 UTC via AO51
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

Hello from Delaware! WD9EWK will be on AO-51 for the next 2 passes from grid FM29 in Delaware, at 2215 and 2356 UTC, today. Hope to hear you on those passes. If you work me and want a QSL, card please e-mail me the QSO details. If you're in the log, I will send you a card. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Anyone want to?
by Randy 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

Anyone want to try PSK on VO-52 tonite 145.890? Randy - N2CUA FN23

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satpc32 qrn
by Bob- W7LRD 11 Oct '09

11 Oct '09

Hello-When I start up satpc32 on my Dell computer I get this annoying qrn hiss on 2M. Any simple fixes short of moving the computer further away? It is from the computer not the monitor. 73 Bob W7LRD

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